Title :
Modulation of effective nonlinearity (χ(3)) due to cascaded processes in PPLN for direct third harmonic generation
Author :
Das, Sajal K. ; Mukhopadhyay, Saibal ; Sinha, N. ; Saha, Ankita ; Datta, Prasanta Kumar ; Saltiel, S.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys.&Meteorol., Indian Inst. of Technol., Kharagpur
Abstract :
It is well known that periodical poling of ferroelectrics crystals cannot modulate the intrinsic third order nonlinearity. We report that it can however modulate the effective nonlinearity due to cascaded quadratic processes in PPLN crystal.
Keywords :
optical harmonic generation; optical modulation; PPLN crystal; cascaded quadratic processes; direct third harmonic generation; effective nonlinearity modulation; ferroelectrics crystals; intrinsic third order nonlinearity; periodical poling; Crystals; Ferroelectric materials; Frequency conversion; Meteorology; Modulation coding; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical modulation; Physics; (190.2620) Frequency conversion; (190.4400) Nonlinear optics, matrials;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629177
